Chester, what point are you trying to make here? Are you saying we can't remember 9-11 because it's just a date? People remember dates just as easily as any other important piece of information. I remember my sister's birthday but not the day of the week she was born on. People are going to remember 9-11 as the day things changed for this country, and not as a day of the week or because it's like another number. To do so would trivialise the importance of this world-shattering event. I think by making holidays fall on Mondays or Fridays to make three-day weekends trivialise those holidays and make them lose their original meanings. Kat On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:17:23 -0700 Chester Worwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Memorial Day, always celebrated on the last > Monday in > May. We also celebrate Martin Luthor King's > Birthday > on a Monday and Columbus Day on a Monday. I > think > Columbus Day should be on the day he came to > America, > because discovering America is just as > important as an > anniversery. > > --- Kathy Salkin wrote: > > What? Oh, you mean "911" - well why then is > 12/7/41 > > so easy or Armistice Day, > > or D-Day or Memorial Day, etc? It's because > these > > are dates of significance. > > They tend to stick in people's minds. In the > UK, > > "911" is not the universal > > emergency number (I think it's either "999" > or > > "888") and they will remember > > 9-11 for the rest of their lives because of > the > > significance of the date. > > People don't need memory tricks for that sort > of > > thing, especially if it's an > > important date in history. > > > > Kat > > > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:14:33 -0700 Chester > Worwa > > wrote: > > > > > It's easy to remember because of the > emergency > > > number. > > > > > > --- Kathy Salkin wrote: > > > > Yes, mandated by the Church's tradition. > Not > > > an > > > > anniversary like Pearl > > > > Harbour or Veterans Day (Nov. 11) or > 9/11. > > > Let's > > > > face it, Chester, people > > > > will always remember "9/11" and not that > it > > > happened > > > > on a Tuesday. > > > > > > > > Kat > > > > > > > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:59:23 -0700 > Chester > > > Worwa > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Easter is always on a Sunday. > > > > > > > > > > --- Salkin Kathleen wrote: > > > > > > No, Wednesday, because it happened on > > > 9/11. > > > > > > Wouldn't have any meaning if we > > > > > > celebrated Xmas the same day of the > week > > > > > every year, > > > > > > would it? > > > > > > > > > > > > Kat > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Chester Worwa" > > > > > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy > > > > > > To: > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 > 7:58 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: Tomorrow > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think today should have been the > day > > > to > > > > > remember > > > > > > > because it happened on Tuesday, not > > > > > Wednesday. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Trisha Cummings wrote: > > > > > > > > Greetings to All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am so hopeful that all goes > > > well > > > > > tomorrow. > > > > > > DC > > > > > > > > is once again seemingly > > > > > > > > under seige - anti-aircraft > pieces, > > > the > > > > > > military, > > > > > > > > air patrols again. > > > > > > > > Tomorrow - right outside my > building > > > will > > > > > be a > > > > > > > > dedication of a specially > > > > > > > > cast bell for 9/11 - its my > > > > > understanding one > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > sent to NY also. Our > > > > > > > > building has what looked liked a > huge > > > > > flag on it > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > obsured the view from > > > > > > > > many of our offices - so imagine > my > > > > > surprise - > > > > > > when > > > > > > > > I looked at it from > > > > > > > > outside and it didn't seem large. > I > > > will > > > > > take > > > > > > > > pictures and post them to the > > > > > > > > yahoo in a day or two. In the > while - > > > > > everyone > > > > > > take > > > > > > > > care. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brightest > > > > > Blessings > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > DC - Trisha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > > > > > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than > 3,000 > > > > > lives lost > > > > > > > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > > > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 > > > lives > > > > > lost > > > > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 > lives > > > lost > > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Yahoo! - We Remember > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives > lost > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute >